Can you reuse flywheel

Resurfaced flywheel, new clutch, throw-out and pilot bearing. Oh yeah; and seals. Here it is all nice and shiny after a trip to the machine shop. Is it common for the pilot bearing to fall out while removing the flywheel? It fell out as I was loosening the flywheel bolts. A new one will go in its place, but curious if it is not that tight of a fit?

It should simply press in without much force. No, the bearing is not supposed to fall out. If the new one is loose, you put some Loctite on it to "glue" it in. All times are GMT The time now is Join us now!

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Search forums. I too have heard that many people have resurfaced them without a problem, but Sachs specifically states not to resurface. Based on Sachs document I might not even need to have it resurfaced, but I thought it looked kinda burnt and in bad shape. I would resurface it, I've changed clutches before and only scuffed the flywheel, and had to put in a new clutch within a few thousand miles The guy who did mine took a look at the flywheel before committing to do the work.

The less material that needs to be ground off, the easier it is to do a good job. Whoever does the work for you should take a look at the flywheel and be able to give you an idea of whether or not he thinks it can be resurfaced safely. The worst possible outcome of resurfacing or reusing would be that you unknowingly put a damaged flywheel back in your car.

In this case, you'd have to do the job over again to replace the flywheel. It's too bad there can't be a good set of specs in the manual runout, surface roughness that clearly define whether or not your old flywheel can be reused. This shouldn't have to be such a foggy decision. Well, I heard you can't resurface a flywheel. I've seen them on Bf. GL John.

Grandad 3. Hi, When they say to balance the flywheel and pressure plate, they mean balance BOTH together as one unit and have it marked as such. You do need new flywheel bolts and pressure plate bolts.

Cheers, Larry. Last edited by Grandad 3; at PM.. The local shop that specializes in Porsche gave me quote of the clutch job around That is why I decided to do it myself.

But now I really think a civic is much easier to work on I rebuilt 2 stroke dirtbike engines before but had no experience in cars Now it seems an old porshce is a little bit too much for a rookie mechanic like me Originally Posted by AaronM.

Hey, just wanted to say that I'm sorry if my original remarks were a bit too "crotchety old man" in nature. The is not at all "beyond" a rookie mechanic in terms of skills required, it's just that the parts are going to be expensive and that there's not really any way around it. Even though they've gone down in price, these were not cheap cars when they were new, which means that parts are going to be more expensive than for something more utilitarian, like a Civic.

There's nothing wrong with taking one of these on as a project, but they're usually not a great choice if they're your only transportation and you're still learning how to be a mechanic. So, if you have another car or at least another way to get around and don't need the to be running every day, then go for it. Just take your time and save up to do things right. It'll take longer, but in the end you'll have a much nicer car with fewer problems in the long run.

Yuta - you're running the whole gamut here from die-hard perfectionists to good-enough'ers. Each has some points to consider. Maybe ask yourself how long you plan to keep the car and what it's worth to you. Sad but true. Your question's been answered - you don't need a new flywheel unless the old one's damaged.

You don't need a new PP or even a TO bearing, for that matter. What's the car worth to you? Do you really want to go through this repair again if something breaks within a year?

When I did my clutch I reused my flywheel after giving it a light sanding, but it didn't need replacing. I put in new everything else, as to me the thought of going in to do the whole repair over again was less than appealing. If all you wanna do is get the car on the road then you actually CAN get away with just replacing the clutch disc. Some wrecks and a racer. Originally Posted by Slam. Last edited by AaronM; at PM.. AaronM, I completely agree with you. Read my post again.